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riversedge

(82,441 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:54 AM 5 hrs ago

Lots of fake history from Trump this past week:



Daniel Dale @ddale8
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No, George Washington didn’t have a personal-business desk beside his official desk. No, 38,000 Americans didn’t die building the Panama Canal. No, it’s not true no pre-Trump president donated his salary.

Lots of fake history from Trump this past week:


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Daniel Dale @ddale8

Greenland isn’t surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships. There hasn’t been $19.2 trillion invested in the US under Trump. Trump hasn’t settled eight wars. Biden’s military aid to Ukraine wasn’t worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The 2020 election wasn’t rigged.

Fact check of Trump’s remarks from…a single meeting with Erdogan today:


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Lots of fake history from Trump this past week: (Original Post) riversedge 5 hrs ago OP
For the many-th time, Trump's "$19.2 trillion" figure is a lie. riversedge 5 hrs ago #1
He couldn't tell his ex-wife from E. Jean Carroll. Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #2
He doesnt respect us enough to tell the truth Johonny 4 hrs ago #3
His contempt for history follows from his contempt for the truth (nt) William Seger 3 hrs ago #4
He was told a million times not to multigraincracker 3 hrs ago #5
I can only shake my head... GiqueCee 2 hrs ago #6

riversedge

(82,441 posts)
1. For the many-th time, Trump's "$19.2 trillion" figure is a lie.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:07 AM
5 hrs ago




For the many-th time, Trump's "$19.2 trillion" figure is a lie.

New foreign direct investment in the US - to acquire, create or expand businesses - was $232 billion in 2025. (Source: https://bea.gov/news/2026/new-foreign-direct-investment-united-states-2025.) The White House's own website claims there've been $10.6 trillion
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar
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Trump makes stuff up: "We've had probably the best year ever had by an American president. We have the greatest economy we've ever had. We have $19.2 trillion being invested in the United States. It's a world record."

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Kid Berwyn

(25,670 posts)
2. He couldn't tell his ex-wife from E. Jean Carroll.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:19 AM
5 hrs ago

He was claiming to have never met her while looking at a photo of her and him together at a chic event.

“Uh. Is that Marla?”

Johonny

(26,889 posts)
3. He doesnt respect us enough to tell the truth
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:25 AM
4 hrs ago

And the American media just let's him lie. It's fucking disgusting. I'm so sick of his fat stupid lying ass.

GiqueCee

(5,208 posts)
6. I can only shake my head...
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:48 AM
2 hrs ago

... when I hear people say, "OVER exaggerate". Hello? Department of redundancy department, hello?

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